Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's setting of the ancient hymn Ave verum Corpus, K.618, was written for Anton Stoll (a friend of his and Haydn's) who was musical co-ordinator in the parish of Baden, near Vienna. It was composed to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi and the autograph is dated 17 June 1791. It is only forty-six bars long and is scored for chorus, strings and organ. The title means "Hail, O true Body." W. A. Mozart, 1790 portrait by Johann Georg Edlinger Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) is considered one of the greatest composers of European classical music (or more specifically, Viennese Classical music). ... A hymn is a song specifically written as a song of praise, adoration or prayer, typically addressed to a god. ... Ludwig Alois Ferdinand Ritter von Köchel ( January 14, 1800 - June 3, 1877) was a musicologist, writer, composer, botanist and publisher. ... Franz Joseph Haydn, (March 31 or April 1, 1732 – May 31, 1809) was a leading composer of the Classical period, called the Father of the Symphony and Father of the String Quartet. He used his second name, spelled in German Josef. He was the brother of Michael Haydn, himself a... Baden is a territory in the southwest of what later became unified Germany. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... Corpus Christi celebrations in Antigua Guatemala, 14 June, 1979 Corpus Christi (Latin: Body of Christ) in Catholicism is a religious feast celebrated by on the eighth Sunday after Easter, i. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 1791 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... For the communications operator see Chorus Communications For the computer operating system see ChorusOS In classical music a chorus is any substantial group of performers in a play, revue, musical or opera who act more or less as one. ... A string instrument (also stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. ... This article or section should be merged with Pipe organ The Casavant pipe organ at Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, Montreal The organ is a type of keyboard musical instrument, distinctive because the sound is not produced by a percussion action, as on a piano or celesta, or by...

He composed this motet while in the middle of writing his opera, Die Zauberflöte, and while visiting his wife, Constanze, who was pregnant with their sixth child and staying in a spa near Baden. At the time, Mozart had less than half a year to live. He passed away on December 5, 1791, a month, three weeks and a day before what would have been his 36th birthday. Die Zauberflöte (English title: The Magic Flute) is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with libretto in German by Emanuel Schikaneder. ... Baden is a territory in the southwest of what later became unified Germany. ...

There are many other settings, of which probably the best known are by William Byrd and Edward Elgar. Mozart's version, minus the vocals, instruments only, was adapted by Peter Ilych Chaikovsky as one of the movements of "Mozartiana," his tribute to Mozart. The Vienna Boys' Choir (Wiener Sangerknaben) made some notable recordings of Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus in the 20th Century. The William Byrd in this article was a composer who died in 1623. ... Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, Bt OM GCVO (June 2, 1857 – February 23, 1934) was a British composer, born in the small village of Lower Broadheath outside Worcester, Worcestershire, to William Elgar, a piano tuner and music dealer, and his wife Ann. ...